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BYE-LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF FOOD.
By the Port of London (Assignment of Powers) Order, 1933, the Minister of
Health assigned to the Port Sanitary Authority all the powers, rights, duties, capacities,
liabilities and obligations of a Sanitary Authority under Part II (Public Health) of
the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1932.
These powers include the right to make Bye-laws for promoting sanitary and
cleanly conditions in the manufacture, preparation, storage, transport or exposure
for sale of any article intended to be sold for food.
The London County Council have made the following Bye-laws for these purposes
as regards the County of London, except the City and the Port, and your Worshipful
Committee have recommended that similar Bye-laws be made applicable in your
district:—
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT 1932.
BYE-LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF FOOD.
Bye-laws made by the London County Council under section 6 of the London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 1932, for promoting sanitary and cleanly conditions in the manufacture, preparation, storage,
transport, or exposure for sale of any article intended to be sold for food.
Interpretation.
1. In these Bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires:—
"Food" means the food of man;
"Premises" except in the proviso to Bye-law 4 of these Bye-laws, means any room, shop,
store, shed, yard, and any part of a building in which any article intended to be sold for food is
manufactured, prepared, stored or exposed for sale, and in the said proviso means any continuous
area of land and buildings in one occupation;
"Stall" means any stall, vehicle, barrow, tray or other receptacle;
"Suitable and sufficient" and "reasonably necessary" mean, respectively, in relation to
any premises or stall suitable and sufficient and reasonably necessary having regard to the circumstances
and conditions affecting the premises or stall; and
"Infectious disease" means any infectious disease to which for the time being section 55
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, applies or which is for the time being notifiable to the
medical officer of health of the district under any regulation of the Minister of Health.
Premises.
2. The occupier of any premises shall :—
(a) Cause the internal surface of the walls and ceilings, all woodwork, and the floors of the
premises to be kept in such good order, repair and condition as to prevent, as far as is reasonably
necessary, the absorption therein of any food material or refuse which may be spilled, splashed,
deposited thereon, or brought into contact therewith.
(b) Cause the walls, ceilings and woodwork of the premises to be limewashed, distempered,
painted, or otherwise treated or cleansed, and all floors, fittings, articles, apparatus and utensils
cleansed, as often as may be reasonably necessary to keep them in a clean state.
(c) Except in the case of a yard, or a room used as a cold store, provide and maintain suitable
and sufficient means of ventilation in every part of the premises.
(d) Provide and maintain suitable and sufficient means of lighting in every part of the premises.
(e) Not knowingly cause or permit any person suffering from an infectious disease to be engaged
in handling any article of food on the premises.
(f) Not knowingly cause or permit any article on the premises intended to be sold for food
to be wrapped in paper or other material that is not clean and reasonably suitable for the purpose.
(g) Take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to prevent risk of contamination of food
on the premises.
Stalls.
3. Where any food is exposed for sale on any stall, the person exposing such food shall
(a) Cause every part of the stall to be kept in such good order, repair and condition as to
prevent, as far as is reasonably necessary, the absorption therein of any food material or refuse
which may be spilled, splashed, deposited thereon or brought into contact therewith.
(b) Cause all surfaces of the stall which may be brought in contact with any food exposed
for sale, and all fittings, articles, apparatus and utensils thereon, to be cleansed as often as
may be reasonably necessary to keep them in a clean state.
(c) Not knowingly cause or permit any person suffering from an infectious disease to be
engaged in handling any article of food on the stall.
(d) Not knowingly cause or permit any article on the stall intended to be sold for food to
be wrapped in paper or other material that is not clean and reasonably suitable for the purpose.
(e) Take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to prevent risk of contamination of
food on the stall.